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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1906
Page
6
Arbitration proposals to end the Illinois and anthracite miners strike meet with miners disapproval. Reports cover Moscow war prep claims, German politics, typhoid and pneumonia deaths, volcanic eruptions near Mt Vesuvius, and labor actions from Chicago to New Orleans with multiple regional incidents and political notes.
Two strong shocks rocked the Naples area and the volcano intensified spreading panic. Villages near the crater such as Boscotrecase and Torre Annunziata have been evacuated. Torre del Greco faces similar evacuation as lava encroaches. Police guard abandoned homes and aid is hindered by railway disruptions from red hot debris.
The urgent deficiency bill was amended to add delegates to the Panama congress and passed by the senate. The House committee on Indian affairs approved the Burke bill for allotment and distribution of Indian tribal funds totaling 50 million dollars. In the senate McCumber offered amendments to the railroad rate bill including a triple penalty for rebates.
General Overseer Voliva accuses John Alexander Dowie of extravagance misrepresentation exaggeration mismanagement polygamous teachings tyranny injustice and indiscretion. Dowie to face ecclesiastical court with opportunity to reply as Zion City undergoes property transfer and leadership clashes. Also notes global shipping plans Roosevelt family voyage Mississippi commission inspection journey and Tahiti hurricane losses.
In Zion City Illinois a Shiloh tabernacle gathering of about six thousand endorsed General Overseer Voliva amid a denunciation of John Alexander Dowie. Voliva criticized Dowie as a spendthrift and liar and cited church fineries while detailing his own frugal life and tithes. Dowie and his party left San Antonio for St. Louis Sunday night, as Zionites held a secret meeting anticipating his address.
Sunday reports state a loan of between 200000000 and 360000000 has been arranged for Russia's St Petersburg with Finance Minister Kokousoff in Paris negotiating. Details remain unavailable. Beverly Mass Funeral Held For Edwin C with of Swift Co died Thursday in Quincy House Boston pneumonia. Honorary pallbearers numbered fifty.
Robert G. Proctor, private secretary to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, surrendered on an embezzlement warrant in Boston. He was released on a $500 bond.
A strike situation escalates in Havana with mounted police at a mass meeting of about 1,000 people. Leaders were arrested while denouncing local officials.
A Prairie Farmer excerpt offers thrift tips for homes with many children. It advises sewing stockings in pairs to ease sorting, labeling hems with fabric scraps for quick pairing, and securing small items like lace collars and mittens. It also suggests tying ties, rolling mittens, buckling overshoes, and using nails or wall hooks to keep rubbers tidy and accessible.
Fish should be very fresh with red gills and bright eyes. The article describes boiling striped bass in a lemon salted water bath, finishing with a drawn butter sauce thickened with flour, and adds a beg sauce with chopped hard boiled eggs.
A breakfast dish called cup omelet uses custard cups lined with crumb mixture and optional chopped meat. Eggs and milk are beaten and poured into the cups set in a water bath and baked until firm, then served in cups or inverted onto a platter.
A traditional remedy suggests rubbing mildew spots with laundry cap and lemon, then placing the goods in hot sunshine. The process may be repeated once, but is said to be effective in removing mildew.
Mrs A Baker of 119 Fitch street Syracuse testifies the pills cured her rheumatism after a severe knee pain and dizziness. She says doctors misdiagnosed it as rheumatic and sciatic but three boxes relieved all pain and dizziness, leading to full recovery. Pills also cured anaemia sciatica nervousness partial paralysis locomotor ataxia and St. Vitus dance in other cases. Available from druggists or by mail at 50 cents per box six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A new prize of 10000 dollars is announced in France for inventing a dirigible balloon. Sir Patrick Keith Murray presents an old cushion once used by the crown of Scotland to Edinburgh Castle’s jewel room.
Russia maintains 150 regiments of mounted Cossacks while Canada fields about 25 000 effective soldiers. A Konigsberg tribunal hears a 20 year old lieutenant accused of maltreating soldiers in 70 cases. Funds are sought to finish a monument for Rear Admiral Jouett at Arlington. Corporal Grissolange of the First Colonial Infantry increases small arms firing capacity with a new rifle method.
An Asheville man credits Grape Nuts for relieving long standing stomach and pancreatic ulcer issues after 15 years of indigestion. He reports dramatic weight gain of 10 pounds in eight weeks, improved health, clearer brain, and stronger nerves after replacing starchy foods with the predigested cereal at breakfast and dinner.
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